NIFS Performance Calculator

Parameters
Detector:		Sky:
	Read noise e^-		Temperature °K
	Dark current e^-/s/pix		Emissivity
	Quantum efficiency to µm		OH continuum photon/s/m²/arcsec²/µm
	Well depth e^-		OH line photon/s/m²/arcsec²
Spectrograph:		Telescope:
	Grating		Temperature °K
	Temperature K		Emissivity
Exposure:		Adaptive Optics:
	Star brightness mag		Temperature °K
	Strehl ratio		Emissivity
	Integration time sec; cycles

Results
Adopted integration time s
Adopted cycles
Object signal e^-/pix
Sky thermal signal e^-/pix
Sky OH continuum signal e^-/pix
Sky OH line signal e^-/pix
Telescope thermal signal e^-/pix
AOS thermal signal e^-/pix
Dewar signal e^-/pix
Dark signal e^-/pix
Total signal e^-/pix
Total noise e^-/pix
Signal-to-noise ratio /aperture

This tool models the performance of the Gemini Near-infrared Integral-Field Spectrograph (NIFS).
Peter McGregor ( peter@mso.anu.edu.au) / Access no. 9574 / Last updated February 22, 2001.
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University.